The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-29

wishes OF his fellow citizens are consulted.
He is gentleman of fine presence and
pleasant manners
A. J. Shuford is the owner of a we'll
stocked livery and sale stable and duly ap-
preclateS the MORNING NEWS.
MORE PERSONALS.
The worthy Mayor of the town, Hon. G. s.
Grlggs, is a sterling mechanic and inventor
He has recently applied for patent for his
orange sizer,n an ingenious machine by
which the fruit as it descends at an angle of
about 30 dogs in a trough with open bot
tom, so graduated as to deposit in trays be-
meath all specimens of uniform size, may
be accurately numbered, classified and
packed IN crates according to their several
dimensions. The contriyance is simple and
cheap, and will doubtless come into general
use
s. H. Benjamin has no less than eight de-
partmentS in his capacious store, all separate
and devoted to different lines of goods. His
sales foot up over 500, 900 annually
oPuLENT ORANGE GROWERS.
Mr.. j. J. Barr, who has erected an ele-
CANT residence in Micanopy, has 135 acres
set out in orange trees, OF which 35 are i'll
full bearing. His shipments aggregate
about 10000 boxes. This entnrpriSing gem
tleman also cultivates $50 acres in sea island
cotton, and % acres are devoted to vege-
tables
Another merchant and citizen, Mr.. J. A.
Slmonton, owns an orange grove of thirty
acres, 900 trees of which yield fruit.
The NEWS has a bright representative
here in the person of a sweet little girl,
Estill Mathers, named in honor of its pro
prietor. Micanopy boasts weekly paper,
the Gazette, run by Mr.. L. G.. Martin. Be
fore reaching Ocala, the writer. also spent
several hours at
HAWTHORNE,
healthy and growing town in the heart of
the fruit and vegetable region. Here, de
spite the rigorous winter, Mr. G. w Haw-
thotne and others are making large daily
shipments of early garden produce. The
former had just sent off $50 crates of beans
and squashes. The squashes bring IS 50per
crate and beans from 81 to So AT the
trivial cost of only 47c. per package to Phila-
deiphia there is big margin for profit if
the producer be fairly dealt with. Cucum-
Der shipments win begin this week
To show the appreciation abroad of the
lands in this vicinity BIr. r. B. Smith has
recently sold farms to six mission families,
who are all erecting dwellings, setting out
front trees and about to engage in truck
raising. AS an evidence of the health of the
place Mr.. c. Waits, an old reader of the
NEWS and extensive fruit-grower, has re-
sided here for thirty-fve years without a
days sickness.
Among the industrial establishments is
the carriage and wagon shop of w T. Bras
well. Since our last visit j. L. Patton g.
Co. have opened new general store, and
sell the Bay State shoes as a speciality.
The veteran Mr.. linn is still here and
holding his own well, and so is Dr. w. w
johnson, one Of the Oldest and most promi-
nent physicians in the county. We missed
seeing our friend Moore, of the Commercial
Hotel Hawthorne's prospects seem encour-
aging. The group of towns above enumer-
ated and described are all situated in a
desirable and growing section of Florida,
and offer peculiar inducements to settlers
The climate is mild and healthful, and large
areas of fertile soil, particularly adapted to
the growth of vegtt tables, may be purchased
at reasonable figures. H. H. J.